Word: upbeat
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Romney projected confidence Tuesday afternoon. All those phone calls, he said, persuaded him that voters making last-minute decisions were breaking strongly in his direction. McCain was equally upbeat, having slept in the same room he occupied prior to his 2000 landslide. "There is no superstition I won't indulge," he said...
Some internet rights advocates have expressed disappointment with the settlement, but Ciarelli was upbeat...
...More upbeat “I Want You” over getting-together of Robbie and Claire...
...this and previous albums, Ringo defies the rock convention best articulated by Neil Young: "It's better to burn out/ Than to fade away." Ringo's compositions convey an upbeat personal philosophy (sample line: "You've got to love every breath that you breathe/ Look at the sky and believe"). Unsurprisingly, such sentiments bear a distinct resemblance to the tenets of the 12-step programs devised to help alcoholics and drug addicts. He and his wife have been clean-living since they checked into rehab in Arizona in October 1988; cocaine and alcohol were reputed to be their downfall. Ringo...
...Brady had a wrist injury, so he didn’t throw the shot, but his weight throw was an extreme improvement from last year,” Obrecht said. Sophomore Graham Infinger rounded out the top-15 finishes, placing 15th in the long jump. Overall, the teams were upbeat about their opening efforts. “We’re basically just taking the first step toward the conference meets in March,” Obrecht said. “We’ve got a lot of young kids out there, and a lot of them are competing...